Section 01
The Plateau
The ground everything else follows from. Every entry is one thing altitude decided.
The Plateau
The passes decided every route across the plateau; the ranges decided where the valleys are.ProTibet picture library
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01.1
Ranges and Passes
The plateau is bounded and divided by ranges, and the passes between them decided every route across it.
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01.2
Valleys and Rivers
The major rivers of Asia rise here, and the inhabited valleys are the low warm exceptions to a cold high surface.
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01.3
Lakes of the Chang Tang
The northern plateau is a basin with no outlet, so its lakes are salt and its water goes nowhere.
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